Saw this today on Craigslist Baltimore:
Reply to: [email protected]
Date: 2006-12-05, 9:13AM EST
2500 feet of wide walnut boards 5 year air dried. some 2", most 1". many
are 18" wide and 12 feet long.
will sell entire for fixed price , will not pick thru piles.
Or will sell 500 board feet at a time@ $3/ ft.
410-823-2640
Too much for me, nowhere to put it. (No connection or knowledge of seller)
Dave
Leon wrote:
> "J. Clarke" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
> >>
> >> Was the tree dead?
> >
> > Not sure that matters--osage is one of those concrete-with-leaves
> > tropicals that just happens to grow in a temperate climate.
>
>
> I see on the hardness scale it has a rating of 2040 "when green", Mesquite
> rates 2345. Both are about double that of Red Oak. I do know that as woods
> die and dry out they gets considerable harder. A dead Oak tree will dull a
> chain saw blade pretty quickly also. I have cut a little live Mesquite for
> firewood but that was long ago and I don't recall if the chain saw blades
> dulled very quickly or not.
I have cut quite a bit of Mesquite in the Arizona desert and it is very
hard. In the dimming light in the evening there were alot of sparks
coming out of the cut. Don't know if this was due to dirt imbedded in
the wood or just the hardness of the wood, didn't seem to affect the
chain though. Makes damn good cooking wood though.
Fred
"Lee Michaels" wrote in message
> This approach is probably not politically correct any more.
LOL ... for 7 months, a long long time ago in a place far far away, almost
every "hot" meal I ate was cooked using the explosive C4 as fuel ...
probably can't do that any longer either.
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Last update: 10/29/06
"David Bridgeman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Saw this today on Craigslist Baltimore:
>
> Reply to: [email protected]
> Date: 2006-12-05, 9:13AM EST
>
>
> 2500 feet of wide walnut boards 5 year air dried. some 2", most 1". many
> are 18" wide and 12 feet long.
> will sell entire for fixed price , will not pick thru piles.
> Or will sell 500 board feet at a time@ $3/ ft.
>
> 410-823-2640
>
>
> Too much for me, nowhere to put it. (No connection or knowledge of seller)
>
> Dave
Of if you only want 50 BF you can get it for only 50 cents more per BF any
time from here.
http://www.mgsawmill.com/product.htm
David Bridgeman wrote:
> 2500 feet of wide walnut boards 5 year air dried. some 2", most 1". many
> are 18" wide and 12 feet long.
> will sell entire for fixed price , will not pick thru piles.
> Or will sell 500 board feet at a time@ $3/ ft.
>
Log run walnut should sell for well under 3.00/bdft. It's $1.95/bdft in
100 bdft bundles even at Wall Lumber.
http://www.walllumber.com/premier.asp
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Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA
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"Leon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> "David Bridgeman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Saw this today on Craigslist Baltimore:
>>
>> Reply to: [email protected]
>> Date: 2006-12-05, 9:13AM EST
>>
>>
>> 2500 feet of wide walnut boards 5 year air dried. some 2", most 1". many
>> are 18" wide and 12 feet long.
>> will sell entire for fixed price , will not pick thru piles.
>> Or will sell 500 board feet at a time@ $3/ ft.
>>
>> 410-823-2640
>>
>>
>> Too much for me, nowhere to put it. (No connection or knowledge of
>> seller)
>>
>> Dave
>
> Of if you only want 50 BF you can get it for only 50 cents more per BF any
> time from here.
> http://www.mgsawmill.com/product.htm
True, but its not 18" wide, and can you imagine the shipping cost?!
But your point is correct; air dryed lumber on Craigs list should be cheaper
than that.
And thanks, I will keep the link as I hope to make something out of osage
orange and it is prohibitive around here.
On Wed, 06 Dec 2006 13:40:32 +0000, Leon wrote:
> "Markem" <markem(sixoneeight)@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> On Wed, 06 Dec 2006 05:14:46 GMT, "Toller" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>And thanks, I will keep the link as I hope to make something out of osage
>>>orange and it is prohibitive around here.
>>
>> Just remember to figure in saw blades with that cost too.
>>
>> Markem
>> (Who went through 3 chains attacking grandpa's Osage tree's)
>> (sixoneeight) = 618
>
> Was the tree dead?
Not sure that matters--osage is one of those concrete-with-leaves
tropicals that just happens to grow in a temperate climate.
--
--John
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(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)
"J. Clarke" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>>
>> Was the tree dead?
>
> Not sure that matters--osage is one of those concrete-with-leaves
> tropicals that just happens to grow in a temperate climate.
I see on the hardness scale it has a rating of 2040 "when green", Mesquite
rates 2345. Both are about double that of Red Oak. I do know that as woods
die and dry out they gets considerable harder. A dead Oak tree will dull a
chain saw blade pretty quickly also. I have cut a little live Mesquite for
firewood but that was long ago and I don't recall if the chain saw blades
dulled very quickly or not.
"Markem" <markem(sixoneeight)@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Wed, 06 Dec 2006 05:14:46 GMT, "Toller" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>And thanks, I will keep the link as I hope to make something out of osage
>>orange and it is prohibitive around here.
>
> Just remember to figure in saw blades with that cost too.
>
> Markem
> (Who went through 3 chains attacking grandpa's Osage tree's)
> (sixoneeight) = 618
Was the tree dead?
On Wed, 06 Dec 2006 05:14:46 GMT, "Toller" <[email protected]> wrote:
>And thanks, I will keep the link as I hope to make something out of osage
>orange and it is prohibitive around here.
Just remember to figure in saw blades with that cost too.
Markem
(Who went through 3 chains attacking grandpa's Osage tree's)
(sixoneeight) = 618
"Fred" <[email protected]> wrote
>
> I have cut quite a bit of Mesquite in the Arizona desert and it is very
> hard. In the dimming light in the evening there were alot of sparks
> coming out of the cut. Don't know if this was due to dirt imbedded in
> the wood or just the hardness of the wood, didn't seem to affect the
> chain though. Makes damn good cooking wood though.
>
Many years ago, I was working for a short time at a very small mining
operation in the Arizona desert. Whatever trees that were around there was
very small and twisted. We would dull our handsaws on it very quickly. Axes
just bounced off of it.
But just the right amount of dynamite would shatter the wood into fire size
pieces. The key here being just the right amount of dynamite. Not enough,
did little to the tree. Too much just scattered it all over into many small
parts.
This approach is probably not politically correct any more.
"Toller" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> True, but its not 18" wide, and can you imagine the shipping cost?!
> But your point is correct; air dryed lumber on Craigs list should be
> cheaper than that.
Actually I think Mike could probably set you up with some 18" pieces and
10"-12" wide pieces are not unusual.